In effect, she is paying $5 in interest for a $90 loan for two months: the equivalent of a credit card with a 44 percent annual percentage rate, a level most of us would consider predatory.

实际上，她已经预付了90美元两个月5%的利息，相当于44%信用卡的年费，大多数人都会认为它达到了掠夺的程度。

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That means they missed 15 percent of school days - a level of absence equivalent to skipping a month's worth of lessons in a year.

这意味这他们逃课逃掉了整个学期天数的15%，相当于整整一个月的课程。

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By comparison, a person who got at least one a level, or an equivalent qualification, typically earns 10 an hour.

相比之下，一个参加过中学高级水平考试或学历相当的人，一般每小时挣10英镑。

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The standard required for acceptance onto a course might be one A-level or a vocational equivalent.

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But the Federal Reserve's bringing inflation down to a near-nonexistent level was the equivalent of a tax cut, overwhelming the damage done by those tax increases.

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At the moment, universities can recruit an unlimited number of students who have achieved A-level grades equivalent to ABB or higher, but the number of lower achieving students they can take is capped to limit the cost to the state in the form of student loans.

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